Orderly
Dr. Cabrera.
Season 6 · Episode 9
S.R. 819
Character-labelled dialogue prepared from the official DVD subtitle track.
Production code6ABX10Original airdate · January 17, 1999
296 dialogue entries
Scene 01
ST. KATHERINE'S HOSPITAL
Dr. Katrina Cabrera
Where is he?
Orderly
Down in trauma. They said you'd know what's wrong with him.
Dr. Katrina Cabrera
Who transferred him from I.c.u.?
Orderly
I did. He was scheduled for, uh, therapeutic plasmapheresis. They were prepping him. He went into shock.
Dr. Katrina Cabrera
What are his vitals?
Orderly
Not good. Pulse is 40. Blood pressure 80/50. His g.c.s. Is six.
Dr. Katrina Cabrera
Okay. Get on the phone to the FBI there's an agent Scully that should be notified. FBI? This man is an FBI agent.
Orderly
Well, what's wrong with him?
Dr. Katrina Cabrera
What's wrong with him is he's going to die.
[ monitor beeping ]
Dr. Katrina Cabrera
Can you hear me? Mr. Skinner? I'm not understanding. Can you speak up?
[ whispering indistinctly ]
Orderly
What'd he say?
Dr. Katrina Cabrera
A name.
[ continuous beep ]
Orderly
He's coding on us. Clear. Dr. Cabrera, clear. Dr. Cabrera!
Dr. Katrina Cabrera
Let him go.
[ beep continues ]
Scene 02
Scene 02
Walter Skinner
Every minute of every day we choose... Who we are, who we forgive, who we defend and protect; to choose a side or to walk the line; to play the middle; to straddle the fence between what is and what should be. This was the course I chose-- trying to find the delicate balance of interests... That can never exist. Choosing by not choosing. Defending a center which cannot hold. So death chose for me.
Scene 03
SOUTH STREET GYM
Trainer
Good aim! Good aim!
Unidentified speaker
Move around! Move around!
Trainer
Go easy on him, slugger. I need him to lock up for me tonight, okay?
[ buzzer sounding ]
[ buzzer sounds ]
[ grunting ]
Trainer
Don't telegraph that left, dre. Stevie wonder would see that one comin'. You're fighting the FBI now, dre. Fight smart. Go!
[ groaning ]
[ panting ]
Trainer
Hey, slugger. You okay? Slugger, can you hear me? Talk to me. You all right? Slugger.
Scene 04
Scene 04
Nurse
Mr. Skinner. Mr. Skinner. Hi. You gonna stick with us now? Do you remember what happened?
Walter Skinner
I was boxing. I must've gotten tagged.
Nurse
Yes, you did. At least you didn't get your ear bit off. That's something, right? Dr. Plant will be with you in a minute.
[ cell phone ringing ]
Walter Skinner
Yeah. Skinner. Hello?
Electronic Voice
Walter... Skinner.
Walter Skinner
Who is this?
Electronic Voice
Have you heard... The news? It's... In... You.
Walter Skinner
What is this?
Electronic Voice
You... Have... 24 hours to go.
Walter Skinner
What is this? What do you want?
Electronic Voice
You... Are... Already dead.
Dr. Plant
Mr. Skinner. Didn't expect to see you up and around. You must be feeling better. Can you take a seat on the table for me, please?
[ groans ]
Dr. Plant
I'm dr. Plant. I was here with you before. You probably don't remember.
Walter Skinner
No.
Dr. Plant
Well, the good news is your dilation's back to normal. Plus you still have both your ears.
Walter Skinner
I heard that one.
Dr. Plant
I'm gonna release you. But I suggest that you rethink the boxing. You're not 20 anymore.
Walter Skinner
There's nothing wrong with me?
Dr. Plant
Well, you got your bell rung. Other than that, I think you're fine. Might want to ice that bruise.
Walter Skinner
What bruise?
Dr. Plant
Right here.
Walter Skinner
How the hell did I get that?
Dr. Plant
Must've taken a hard one to the ribs. But there's nothing broken. No internal bleeding. Like I said, you'll live.
Unidentified speaker
Thanks.
Scene 05
FBI HEADQUARTERS
Walter Skinner
What is it, agent Mulder?
Fox Mulder
I just, uh-- I thought I'd poke my head in and say hey.
Walter Skinner
Hey.
Fox Mulder
What, are you sleeping one off?
Walter Skinner
No, I was just having trouble seeing. It's nothing. I just didn't think I should drive.
Fox Mulder
You gonna be all right, sir? He's gonna tell you he's all right.
Walter Skinner
That's because there's nothing wrong with me.
Dana Scully
Not that I could tell if there was. Why are all the lights out?
Fox Mulder
He's having trouble with his eyes. He's also got a nasty bruise on his rib cage.
Dana Scully
What did you do?
Walter Skinner
It's nothing.
Dana Scully
Says who?
Walter Skinner
Says the doctor who released me from the hospital.
Fox Mulder
[ groans ] that was the second opinion. The first was unsolicited. A phone call at the hospital. A scrambled voice telling him he had 24 hours to live.
Walter Skinner
That was somebody yanking my chain. Look, I got a clean bill of health.
Dana Scully
Hey, hey, hey.
[ sighs ]
Dana Scully
In the last 48 hours, did you eat or drink... Anything that tasted metallic or otherwise odd?
Walter Skinner
Oh, come on. You think that I'm poisoned?
Dana Scully
Did the doctor take your blood?
Walter Skinner
Yes, and it checked out.
Dana Scully
Well, if you were poisoned, it could have been overlooked.
Walter Skinner
Well, if it did, why call and tell me at the hospital?
Fox Mulder
To scare you. See what you'd do, who you'd turn to.
Walter Skinner
Oh. [ scoffs ] this is about you.
Fox Mulder
Or about the X-Files.
Walter Skinner
You are so paranoid, Mulder. You're not even on the X-Files anymore.
Dana Scully
[ sighs ] I know, but you are. You still supervise them.
Fox Mulder
What happened today? Anything out of the ordinary?
Walter Skinner
I'm not gonna play this game.
Dana Scully
Look, it could've been anything. It could've been the slightest touch or a handshake.
Fox Mulder
This morning, you woke up--
Walter Skinner
I woke up.
Fox Mulder
Alone?
Walter Skinner
Yes, alone.
Fox Mulder
How'd you get to the office?
Walter Skinner
The same way that I always do-- I drove.
Dana Scully
And then what?
Walter Skinner
Then nothing. I had some meetings, I went to the gym, to the hospital, and now I'm here.
Fox Mulder
Just slow down. One step at a time. How'd you get from the parking garage to your office?
Walter Skinner
The elevator.
Fox Mulder
And then what?
Walter Skinner
[ sighs ] I walked up the hallway. I passed the same dozen people that I pass every morning. I went to my office. I said "good morning" to my secretary. She said "good morning" to me. I returned some calls, I did some paperwork, then I was here for the rest of the day.
Fox Mulder
Now, think. There's got to be something.
Walter Skinner
In the hallway, there was a man. He stopped me. He wanted to know the time.
Fox Mulder
Did he touch you?
Walter Skinner
He grabbed me... On my right wrist.
Dana Scully
Well, it wouldn't necessarily leave a mark. Some poisons are absorbed through the skin.
Fox Mulder
What time was it? There you are.
Walter Skinner
That's him. Right there.
Dana Scully
Wait a second. Back up. It can't be. That's kenneth Orgel. An advisor to a senate subcommittee on ethics and new technology.
Walter Skinner
He's a scientist?
Dana Scully
A physicist. Very well known as far as physicists go.
Fox Mulder
He signed in here as a visitor to the office... Of assistant director Walter Skinner.
Dana Scully
Why would he be coming to see you?
Walter Skinner
I'd like to ask him that myself.
Dana Scully
Sir, if this man poisoned you, you should be off your feet and under a doctor's care.
Walter Skinner
If this man poisoned me, I'm gonna put a gun to his head, find out why, and ask him how he's gonna make me well.
Dana Scully
What hospital was he at?
Fox Mulder
St. Katherine's.
Scene 06
CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND
Dr. Orgel
Yes?
Walter Skinner
Dr. Orgel? Kenneth Orgel?
Dr. Orgel
Yes.
Walter Skinner
Do you know who I am?
Dr. Orgel
No.
Walter Skinner
My name's Walter Skinner. I'm an assistant director at the FBI
Fox Mulder
Dr. Orgel, you visited the FBI this morning. You came to see mr. Skinner.
Dr. Orgel
No, uh, you must be mistaken. I'm sorry. You'll have to come back another time.
Fox Mulder
Go around back.
Walter Skinner
What?
Dr. Orgel
Please. You're bothering me.
Walter Skinner
Federal agent!
[ groans ]
Walter Skinner
Go!
[ gunshot ]
[ engine starting ]
Fox Mulder
Drop the gun. Drop it!
[ speaking foreign language ]
Fox Mulder
Yeah. So's your mom. Hey, give it a rest, huh?
Walter Skinner
Let him go, agent Mulder.
Fox Mulder
What?
Walter Skinner
He's got diplomatic papers. It's our mistake. You can go. Just let him go. Get in the house. The police are gonna be here any moment. I don't have time to stand around and answer any questions. His name is alexander lazreg-- l-a-z-r-e-g. He's the cultural attache with the tunisian mission here in D.C. See what else you can find out about him.
Fox Mulder
You need to get to a hospital.
Walter Skinner
No, I'm trying to stay out of one.
Dr. Plant
The boxer-- FBI
Dana Scully
Yes.
Scene 07
1:06 AM
Dana Scully
You released him from your care earlier this evening.
Dr. Plant
Is he not all right?
Dana Scully
Well, that's why I'm here. He may have been poisoned.
Dr. Plant
You're kidding. By who?
Dana Scully
I don't know. In fact, I'm not even sure what I'm looking for.
Dr. Plant
Well, you're lucky. He's on the government h.m.o. No one's even bothered to handle his samples yet.
Dana Scully
Is this them in here?
Dr. Plant
I'm not supposed to let you have those-- not without a-- a written release from the patient.
Dana Scully
We may not have time. He may not have time either.
Dr. Plant
He had absolutely no symptoms of poisoning.
Dana Scully
Are you sure these haven't been processed?
Dr. Plant
I'm not sure, but I doubt they've even been touched.
Scene 08
Scene 08
Cop
I'm not so sure you should be doing that.
Fox Mulder
This is a crime scene. What would you rather I be doing?
Cop
It's just that I'm concerned for dr. Orgel's personal property... And the preservation of evidence.
Fox Mulder
I'd be a lot more concerned with the preservation of dr. Orgel. Hello, senator.
Scene 09
Scene 09
Dr. Plant
It's carbon. Pure carbon. How in the world would that get into his bloodstream?
Dana Scully
And how is it working as a poison?
Dr. Plant
By all rights, it shouldn't be.
Dana Scully
Look at them-- just rattling around in the solution.
Dr. Plant
It's just bizarre. Did you see that?
Dana Scully
Did you just touch something?
Dr. Plant
No, I didn't.
Dana Scully
They just multiplied. Look. It just did it again.
Dr. Plant
Zooming in. What the hell are they?
Scene 10
4:01 AM
Butler
Wait here, please.
Senator Matheson
I don't have to tell you how late it is, do I, agent Mulder? But I suspect that wasn't even a consideration of yours.
Fox Mulder
Actually, time is my only consideration, senator. This was taken only three days ago. It's of you and dr. Kenneth Orgel holding a senate resolution. S.r. 819, I think it's called. What is that?
Senator Matheson
A funding bill. What is this all about?
Fox Mulder
A friend of mine is going to die because of s.r. 819. I don't know how, I don't even know why, but I'm betting you do.
Senator Matheson
What are you talking about?
Fox Mulder
I don't even really know yet. All I have are a few pieces-- a tunisian diplomat, this dr. Kenneth Orgel, this health bill, s.r. 819-- all leading up to a plot to kill an assistant director of the FBI does that make sense?
Senator Matheson
The bill you've referred to... Will provide money and supplies to the world health organization. Medical technology to third world countries. I have aided you in the past... With information, Fox, and advice, which right now is to leave here at once... And never again suggest to anyone my involvement... In any such dark intrigue. Am I understood?
Fox Mulder
This man may die. He may only have a few hours to live.
Senator Matheson
My intention is to save lives, Fox, but I can't save his. Good night, Fox. Drive safely.
[ gunshot ]
[ tires screeching ]
[ Skinner groaning ]
[ car alarm blaring ]
Scene 12
6:14 AM
Dana Scully
Dr. Plant?
Dr. Plant
What? What is it?
Dana Scully
I think I found it. I think I found what the carbon's doing. It's, uh, it's not just reproducing itself. It has behavior. It's-it's creating something. A-a matrix stimulated by blood flow in response to movement. It's multiplying, then solidifying in an orderly fashion. It's building valves or-or dams in the vascular system.
Dr. Plant
It's building a heart attack.
Nurse
Dr. Plant? You're doing blood work on a Walter Skinner?
Dr. Plant
Yes.
Nurse
I just heard on the radio there's a Walter Skinner who's been picked up... By paramedics at a parking garage downtown.
Dana Scully
Where are they taking him?
Nurse
D.C. General.
Scene 13
Scene 13
Doctor
Did you see this? We've got some sort of extreme vascular event here. How is he even still alive?
Dr. Katrina Cabrera
We'll take the left arm first. Mark it just above the bicep. Let's get to it.
Doctor
I'll get this side. Hey, you, out.
Dana Scully
I know this man.
Doctor
I don't care. This is a sterile operating room.
Dr. Katrina Cabrera
Get these people out.
Dana Scully
Look, I'm sorry. His name is Walter Skinner. We've been investigating his illness. What are you doing?
Dr. Katrina Cabrera
If he's gonna live, he's gonna have to lose his arms.
Dana Scully
No, that's not gonna save him. It's his blood.
Dr. Katrina Cabrera
Who the hell is this woman?
Dr. Plant
She's a doctor.
Dana Scully
You're not gonna solve anything until you get a scope into him. Nothing else is gonna work. Look, if you want to save this man, listen to what I'm saying. It's okay, sir. Lie back down. We're just moving you to another room.
Walter Skinner
Who did this to me?
Dana Scully
That's what Mulder's trying to figure out right now. But we're gonna take good care of you. I promise. We're gonna do everything we can.
Walter Skinner
I don't know. I can't remember.
[ elevator bell dings ]
[ clattering ]
Scene 14
8:58 AM
Skinner’s Assistant
Sir? Is that you? Agent Mulder!
Fox Mulder
Hey, do you have the key to this drawer?
Skinner’s Assistant
What are you doing?
Fox Mulder
A.d. Skinner's in the hospital. Somebody poisoned him.
Skinner’s Assistant
Poisoned him? Why?
Fox Mulder
For doing his job.
Skinner’s Assistant
I-I don't understand.
Fox Mulder
I'm looking for anything that relates to a senate resolution-- s.r. 819. If you want to save his life, you'll help me open this drawer.
Skinner’s Assistant
I don't have the key.
Fox Mulder
You have a letter opener? In your desk? Something?
Skinner’s Assistant
Is he going to be all right?
Scene 15
Scene 15
Fox Mulder
What's his condition?
Dana Scully
He's stable, but it's not good, Mulder. He's got extreme vascular trauma and distension. His-his blood has become a weapon against his body.
Fox Mulder
Well, can you fight it?
Dana Scully
We don't know what it is. I mean, the best that we can do... Is keep lasering his arteries open. But it's only gonna be a matter of time before we lose. I mean, it's-it's building walls in his vessels... Faster than we can tear them down, and-and we just don't have the technology to combat it.
Fox Mulder
Maybe we do.
Dana Scully
What is this?
Fox Mulder
I found this in Skinner's morning mail. He was doing a security check on a senate bill... For violation of trade laws involving sensitive technology.
Dana Scully
Yeah, but this is just a routine procedure, Mulder. The FBI does dozens of these a year.
Fox Mulder
No. This bill was gonna vote in the senate. All it was waiting on... Was Skinner's review and an analysis by dr. Kenneth Orgel.
Dana Scully
You're saying that dr. Orgel... Poisoned Skinner in order to cover up his analysis?
Fox Mulder
No, Orgel didn't poison anybody. Orgel came to the FBI to tell Skinner what he knew-- that there was a gross violation of export laws involving new technology.
Dana Scully
New technology. [ cell phone ringing ]
Fox Mulder
You know what that means?
Dana Scully
Well, I think I might.
Fox Mulder
[ ringing continues ] that's not me.
Nurse
You want to get this? It was in his pants pocket.
Fox Mulder
Thank you. Hello?
Electronic Voice
Might as well... Give up.
Dana Scully
Who is it?
Fox Mulder
It's a computer synth voice.
Electronic Voice
You can't... Stop it.
Fox Mulder
Somebody that must know he's here.
Electronic Voice
Walter Skinner, your time--
Fox Mulder
Federal agent! Stop right there!
Nurse
Sir!
Fox Mulder
Hey!
[ car door closes ]
[ tires screeching ]
[ tires screeching ] [ horn honking ]
[ crash ]
[ shouting in spanish ]
[ ringing ]
Scene 16
Scene 16
Senator Matheson
Yes.
Bearded Man
The bill is in danger, senator. A new threat has emerged.
Senator Matheson
You shouldn't have called me.
Bearded Man
Blood will be on your hands.
Senator Matheson
I don't buy your hollow threats.
Bearded Man
Well, dr. Orgel does. You can ask him.
Senator Matheson
What have you done with him?
Bearded Man
I can tell you where to find him.
Scene 17
FBI IMPOUND GARAGE
Garage Technician
The car is leased. Part of a fleet service... That services the diplomatic counsel corps.
Fox Mulder
What other forensic evidence were you able to lift?
Garage Technician
Not much on the outside. It's not surprising, considering the condition of the vehicle. Inside we found a couple hairs-- human-- from an expensive wig.
Fox Mulder
Don't hate me 'cause I'm beautiful. What else?
Garage Technician
Well, we scraped the tire treads. Found something odd. It's full of polychlorinated biphenyls-- p.c.b.s. Over 500 parts per million. Now, that's the kind of levels we used to see in the 1970s. Right before the e.p.a. Got fangs.
Fox Mulder
From where?
Garage Technician
Well, the p.c.b.s are saturated evenly in the clay. Uh, demo site, maybe, or, uh, an old power Plant.
[ door closes ]
Dr. Orgel
Who's there?
Scene 18
2:04 PM
Dr. Orgel
Is someone there? Senator, please, let me go. [ gasping ] I need... Water.
Senator Matheson
Who did this to you?
Dr. Orgel
Hurry. Please. It's... Killing me.
Senator Matheson
They believe you've exposed them to the FBI-- to Walter Skinner.
Dr. Orgel
No. I told the FBI nothing. I told them nothing. Please. I promise not to expose anyone.
[ screaming ]
[ screaming continues ]
Scene 19
5:32 PM
Dana Scully
Sir, there's something I'd like to try. It's a treatment called therapeutic plasmapheresis. It requires filtering all of the blood in your body. It's a radical procedure, and there is a danger... That your body might go into shock.
Walter Skinner
I'm in your hands. I think I owe you an apology, Scully. You and Mulder.
Dana Scully
Sir?
Walter Skinner
I've been lying here thinking. Your quest... It should have been mine.
Dana Scully
What do you mean?
Walter Skinner
If I die now, I die in vain. I have nothing to show for myself. My life--
Dana Scully
Sir, you know that's not true.
Walter Skinner
It is. I can see now that... I always played it safe. I wouldn't take sides. Wouldn't let you and Mulder... Pull me in.
Dana Scully
You've been our ally more times than I can say.
Walter Skinner
Not the kind of ally that I could have been. I remember now.
Dana Scully
What?
Walter Skinner
I can't see his face. He has a beard.
Dana Scully
Try.
Walter Skinner
He was at the gym. At the hospital. He killed that man. He was at the FBI when Orgel approached me.
Dana Scully
He was following you?
Walter Skinner
The tape. He's on the surveillance tape.
Scene 20
5:56 PM
Senator Matheson
You must be surprised to see me here. I'm sure I'm not the man you're looking for.
Fox Mulder
Where is he? Where's Orgel?
Senator Matheson
Orgel is dead.
Fox Mulder
I don't believe you. You lied to me this morning, you're lying to me now.
Senator Matheson
Drop this, Fox.
Fox Mulder
Where is Orgel? I need to know what he knows. A friend of mine is dying.
Senator Matheson
I tell you, they killed him. What Orgel knows died with him.
Fox Mulder
Tell me what you know, senator! This is about s.r. 819, isn't it? What the hell did they put in Skinner?
Senator Matheson
I'm sure you already have some idea, Fox.
Fox Mulder
It's the same technology that s.r. 819 will export.
Senator Matheson
Technology that the world believes is purely theoretical.
Fox Mulder
Nanotechnology. Microscopic, atom-sized machines? Machines can be stopped.
Senator Matheson
Your friend is already dead.
Fox Mulder
I don't believe that.
Senator Matheson
If you pursue this, Fox, they will kill you.
Fox Mulder
Not before I expose you and your role in this.
Senator Matheson
My role? I am a victim here. Don't you understand that? I'm fighting for my life!
Fox Mulder
I will stop this!
Senator Matheson
It's too late, Fox. It's too late!
[ monitor beeping ]
[ continuous beep ]
Scene 21
Scene 21
Orderly
All right. He's coding on us. Clear. Dr. Cabrera, clear. Dr. Cabrera!
Dr. Katrina Cabrera
Let him go.
Orderly
Call time of death-- 9:33.
[ gasping, coughing ]
Scene 22
THREE WEEKS LATER
Dana Scully
Sir, I've spoken with your doctors, and your prognosis is excellent. Whatever you are infected with appears to be dormant. And your recovery is being hailed as a miracle.
Fox Mulder
The man who poisoned you was at the FBI that day. Scully was able to pull these off the security videotapes. Hoping it might jog your memory. Maybe you can identify this man.
Walter Skinner
No, I'm sorry.
Fox Mulder
S.r. 819 was withdrawn by committee late last night without explanation.
Walter Skinner
Good. So this man failed then?
Fox Mulder
If that was his true motive. If he wanted to poison you to prevent you from investigating s.r. 819, why call you to tell you that? This man worked for the government that was to receive this technology. He drove one of their cars, and he killed one of his own to save you.
Walter Skinner
So you still think this is about you? About the X-Files?
Fox Mulder
Yes. Yes, I do, and I have an idea who may be behind all this. But I'd need your authority to continue the investigation.
Walter Skinner
I have neither the authority nor the will... To allow your continued inquiry into this matter. You'll perform your duties as directed by a.d. Kersh, and only a.d. Kersh.
Dana Scully
Sir?
Walter Skinner
This matter's closed, agents. Am I clear?
[ alarm chirps ]
Scene 23
Scene 23
Walter Skinner
I've been expecting you to show up.
Alex Krycek
You know I can push the button any time.
Walter Skinner
What do you want from me? What's this about, Krycek?
Alex Krycek
All in good time.
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